Patents by Inventor Ivan E. Tornes

Ivan E. Tornes has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • GOLF CLUB HEAD OR OTHER BALL STRIKING DEVICE WITH THERMOREACTIVE FACE
    Publication number: 20150148147
    Abstract: A ball striking device, such as a golf club, includes a head that includes a face having a ball striking surface configured for striking a ball and a body connected to the face and extending rearward from the face. The face has an area of highest response located proximate a center of the ball striking surface. The face is formed of a first material and a second material that forms at least a portion of the area of highest response. The second material has a thermal modulus response that is different from a thermal modulus response of the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Robert M. Boyd, Rachel M. Thurston, Jeffrey A. Hadden, Ivan E. Tornes
  • Golf club head or other ball striking device with thermoreactive face
    Patent number: 8894507
    Abstract: A ball striking device, such as a golf club, includes a head that includes a face having a ball striking surface configured for striking a ball and a body connected to the face and extending rearward from the face. The face has an area of highest response located proximate a center of the ball striking surface. The face is formed of a first material and a second material that forms at least a portion of the area of highest response. The second material has a thermal modulus response that is different from a thermal modulus response of the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Boyd, Rachel M. Thurston, Jeffrey A. Hadden, Ivan E. Tornes
  • GOLF CLUB HEAD OR OTHER BALL STRIKING DEVICE WITH THERMOREACTIVE FACE
    Publication number: 20130085012
    Abstract: A ball striking device, such as a golf club, includes a head that includes a face having a ball striking surface configured for striking a ball and a body connected to the face and extending rearward from the face. The face has an area of highest response located proximate a center of the ball striking surface. The face is formed of a first material and a second material that forms at least a portion of the area of highest response. The second material has a thermal modulus response that is different from a thermal modulus response of the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Boyd, Rachel M. Thurston, Jeffrey A. Hadden, Ivan E. Tornes